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    Pneumothorax

    Pneumothorax is a topic covered in the Diagnosaurus.

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    Etiology

    Primary pneumothorax

    • Apical bleb rupture (tall, thin males age 10-30)
    Secondary pneumothorax
    • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (ruptured bleb or bulla)
    • Asthma
    • Cystic fibrosis
    • Tuberculosis
    • Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
    • Menstruation (catamenial pneumothorax)
    • Interstitial lung disease, eg, sarcoidosis, lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), eosinophilic granuloma (Langerhans cell histiocytosis, histiocytosis X)
    Tension pneumothorax
    • Penetrating or blunt trauma
    • Lung infection
    • Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
    • Positive-pressure mechanical ventilation
    Traumatic or iatrogenic
    • Penetrating or blunt trauma
    • Thoracentesis
    • Pleural biopsy
    • Percutaneous or transbronchial lung
    • Central line placement
    • Positive-pressure mechanical ventilation

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    Last updated: December 1, 2014

    Citation

    Zeiger, Roni F.. "Pneumothorax." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Medicine Central, im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114770/all/Pneumothorax.
    Zeiger RF. Pneumothorax. Diagnosaurus. 4th ed. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114770/all/Pneumothorax. Accessed April 25, 2019.
    Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Pneumothorax. In Diagnosaurus. Available from https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114770/all/Pneumothorax
    Zeiger RF. Pneumothorax [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2019 April 25]. Available from: https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114770/all/Pneumothorax.
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